Store open 24/7 debuts in Watervliet

New supermarket is part of complex at site of former St. Patrick's Church

Guy Hudson-Longtin holds the ladder while Deasia Adams washes the front entrance doors as part of the setup team preparations for the grand opening of the new Watervilet Price Chopper Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervilet, N.Y. (Tom Brenner/ Special to the Times Union) less

Guy Hudson-Longtin holds the ladder while Deasia Adams washes the front entrance doors as part of the setup team preparations for the grand opening of the new Watervilet Price Chopper Thursday, July 10, 2014, ... more

Peggi McHugh, Price Chopper scanning coordinator, scans barcodes as part of the setup team preparations for the grand opening of the new Watervilet Price Chopper Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervilet, N.Y. (Tom Brenner/ Special to the Times Union) less

Peggi McHugh, Price Chopper scanning coordinator, scans barcodes as part of the setup team preparations for the grand opening of the new Watervilet Price Chopper Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervilet, N.Y. ... more

Seedless watermelons as seen on display as Price Chopper employee Deasia Adams cleans the windows at the entrance to the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) less

Seedless watermelons as seen on display as Price Chopper employee Deasia Adams cleans the windows at the entrance to the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand ... more

Price Chopper employee Guy Hudson-Longtin wipes down the case in the cold cuts section inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) less

Price Chopper employee Guy Hudson-Longtin wipes down the case in the cold cuts section inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, ... more

A view of the chips and beverage section inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A view of the chips and beverage section inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Deasia Adams washes the front entrance doors as part of the setup team preparations for the grand opening of the new Watervilet Price Chopper Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervilet, N.Y. (Tom Brenner/ Special to the Times Union) less

Deasia Adams washes the front entrance doors as part of the setup team preparations for the grand opening of the new Watervilet Price Chopper Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervilet, N.Y. (Tom Brenner/ Special ... more

A view of various crackers on the shelf inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A view of various crackers on the shelf inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A view of seafood in a refrigerated case inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A view of seafood in a refrigerated case inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Price Chopper employee Jen Barnes sets up the flower shop inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) less

Price Chopper employee Jen Barnes sets up the flower shop inside the new Price Chopper store on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Watervliet, N.Y. The store grand opening is on Friday, July 11th. (Paul Buckowski / ... more

The new Price Chopper supermarket at 515 19th St. will open on Friday at 8:30 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting and other events. The 39,000-square-foot store replaces a smaller market on Second Avenue that by some accounts has been in business for seven decades.

Unlike the old store, the new supermarket will be open around the clock. It also will have more employees. Price Chopper added 95 jobs, increasing the number of staff to more than 160, a spokeswoman for the Schenectady-based supermarket company said.